nForce2 "First Look" and fly-by benchmark

[GamblerFEXonlin]

http://www.nvnews.net/#1033473628

I see MikeC has a nForce 2 review up, very good! However, how about also testing some UT2003 gameplay benchmarks instead of only fly-by benchmarks? The fly-by benchmarks hardly puts any pressure on the hardware compared to some good UT2003 in-game action. The fly-by benchmarks is just another syntetic benchmark.

[nin_fragile14]

I'm interested in botmatch numbers as well.

[JonathanM]

Botmatch is horrible for benchmark comparisons. It's also too CPU-dependant, which is probably why Mike left it out of the review.

[MikeC]

Originally posted by GamblerFEXonlin
http://www.nvnews.net/#1033473628

I see MikeC has a nForce 2 review up, very good! However, how about also testing some UT2003 gameplay benchmarks instead of only fly-by benchmarks? The fly-by benchmarks hardly puts any pressure on the hardware compared to some good UT2003 in-game action. The fly-by benchmarks is just another syntetic benchmark.

I'll be spending some time during the next few days testing on-line gameplay with FRAPS running in the background. Is there any particular graphics setting you would like me to use?

[MikeC]

Originally posted by JonathanM
Botmatch is horrible for benchmark comparisons. It's also too CPU-dependant, which is probably why Mike left it out of the review.

Exactly. Plus the botmatches run with variable settings and you'll get different results each time its run.